8/14/2017

Ozubulu Massacre

The Anambra state Government and the Catholic church in Nnewi
Diocese have been questioned over the shooting on Sunday at
St. Philips Catholic church, Amakwa Ozubulu.

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of law
(intersociety) in a statement made available to newsmen asked the Anambra
state Government to explain if it has any relationship with the alleged baron
who escaped from South Africa to Nigeria.

In the statement signed by the chairman of Board of Trustees BOT
of Intersociety, Nze Emeka Umeagbulasi among other questions asked if the
Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano was aware of the threat of reprisal
attack by the suspected drug barons coming from an Mbaise man from Imo
state to revenge the killings in south Africa of their members by loyalists of
Ozubulu baron.
The rights group alleged that the alleged drug baron relocated to Anambra State
from South Africa to escape justice.

The group also posed questions to the catholic church of Nnewi Diocese asking
the source of the money for the construction of St. Philips Catholic church,
Ozoubulu.
“Can the Catholic Church morally and legally be free from culpability over the
massacre at St. Philips Catholic Church Ozubulu”, they queried.

Meanwhile the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) in the state has called
on the Inspector – General of Police (IG) and other security agencies as well
as Anambra State Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the
unfortunate attack on St. Philip Catholic Church Ozubulu.

Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, chairman of CLO in Anambra state said Government
must unmask those behind the dastardly act.
Ezekwueme said that the perpetrators of the heinous act must be made to face
the full wrath of the law, saying that the sanctity and right of lives
enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria must be respected.

CLO decried the increasing criminal activities, lawlessness, impunities in the
state, appealing to the leadership of police and other security agencies to
adequately protect the lives and property of the citizenry in the state.
In a related development the Anambra State Police Command said that they have
arrested the culprits of Sunday’s killings in Ozubulu.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, Garba Umar, who made this known to
newsmen in the state however did not state the number of those arrested and
where they were arrested.